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07
Mar
Welcome to Jim Beam Country, Bourbon County
The town of Bardstown, Kentucky, is the Bourbon Capital of the World. The Jim Beam distillery is a popular tour destination for Bourbon lovers. Bardstown also hosts the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, a six-day-long Bourbon appreciation event! See more photos of the Jim Beam distillery and the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in our gallery.
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27
Feb
Detail of an Alembic at the Jose Cuervo Distillery in Tequila
The town of Tequila, Jalisco, is best known as the birthplace of the popular spirit. In fact the name “Tequila” is limited to products distilled from agave grown solely in this region. See more photos of the Jose Cuervo Distillery and the rest of the town of Tequila in our gallery.
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22
Jan
A Bedroom at the Riviera Palm Springs Hotel
The Riviera Palm Springs Hotel caters to business travelers as well as weary sun-chasing vacationers looking for rooms with contemporary style. See photos of this iconic hotel — where the likes of Diana Ross and Dean Martin have performed — and all of its amenities in our gallery.
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14
Dec
Great Wall of China
Thousands of miles long, passing through 156 counties, with 7,062 lookout towers, the Great Wall of China is the largest cultural relic humans have ever built. See photos of the Great Wall in our gallery.
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27
Oct
The Cloister at the Ocean Club on Paradise Island, The Bahamas
On a rock in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas made famous by the movies lies a cloister from a twelfth- or thirteenth-century French monastery. The story goes that the notorious philanthropist and businessman George Huntington Hartford II purchased the pieces of stone from the Montréjeau monastery of the Augustinian order that William Randolph Hearst had brought over from France and stored in a warehouse. Huntington Hartford also purchased what was known as Hog Island in The Bahamas, renamed it Paradise Island and parked his prized possession there. After another flamboyant owner by the name of Merv Griffin owned it, complete with an airline, Paradise Island is now a travel destination for all with The Atlantis Resort and Casino as the anchor piece. The cloisters sit on the property of the Ocean Club, owned today by Sol Kerzner, like the Atlantis, the One & Only luxury hotel chain and more. The hotel is featured in two James Bond films: Thunderball (1965) and Casino Royale (2006), and the cloister is prominent in The Beatles movie Help during the hit song Another Girl.
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